young adult

I have exciting news for all of you! Danielle Jensen, author of the Malediction Trilogy, is returning to the land of Trollus with a brand-new prequel called The Broken Ones. And I have to say, it looks pretty awesome. Below Forsaken Mountain, a revolution stirs with the aim to overthrow the tyrant king of Trollus, andRead more

The Vanishing Throne is the second book in the Falconer trilogy by Elizabeth May. It’s a series about a young woman who defies societal convention to fight the fae, who aren’t the pretty Disney type, but rather are evil incarnate. If you read The Falconer back in 2014 like I did, you’ll probably have completely forgotten the plot. IRead more

Today I’m delighted to welcome S.C. Flynn, who recently released his debut novel, Children of the Different. Children of the Different is a fascinating post-apocalyptic journey, which occurs as much in the mind as in reality. Q: Please tell us a bit about yourself and your new book Children of the Different. SCF: I am an Australian/British/Irish/ItalianRead more

Children of the Different is a young adult post-apocalyptic novel set in a future Australia. A disease has wiped out most of humanity, and the only people who survived were those who had something different about them mentally–i.e. psychic powers, brain damage, coma, etc. The protagonists are a set of twins who were born after theRead more

Rebellion is the third book in the Tankborn trilogy, a YA dystopian series featuring diverse protagonists, cyborgs, and (you guessed it!) a rebellion. Minor spoilers from the previous two books, but I’ll try to keep them as minimal as possible. Kayla is a GEN, or genetically engineered human. Devak is a highborn. The two of themRead more

The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh is a young adult retelling of One Thousand and One Nights. Each night, Khalid, the mad Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride, who he has killed the next morning. Becoming Khalid’s bride is a death sentence, but a young woman named Shazi volunteers for the role. Her best friend had beenRead more

Blood Passage is the much-anticipated sequel to Exquisite Captive, a novel about a young jinni whose life parallels that of Anastasia Romanov. I’ve been sitting on this ARC for a while now, and it’s been very hard for me to wait until reasonably close to the publication date to start talking about it. Nalia is a GhanRead more

My friends have been telling me to read Ann Aguire’s Razorland trilogy for what seems like ages now, and when I was at the beach this summer, I finally got around to digging into it. Enclave, the first book, is set after a calamity similar to a zombie apocalypse. After the catastrophe, small groups of people bandedRead more

Grave Mercy is a young adult historical fantasy novel by Robin LaFevers. The protagonist, Ismae, is an antiheroine. She grew up in an abusive household and is in the process of being married off to someone who is even worse, but then an opportunity for a different kind of life presents itself to her. Read more

Kayla is a GEN, short for Genetically Engineered Nonhuman. The GENs were engineered by the higher classes to do manual labor and are basically cyborg slaves. Kayla has been given the opportunity for a treatment that would dissolve her circuitry and let her pass as a member of a lower caste, but she’s turned itRead more